Free Table Top Role Playing Games

I didn’t know that there were so many! I realize that there are still more than the ones I have listed here. To be honest, I got tired of searching for them. If you know of any that you think are really good that I missed, or if you find any broken links, please let me know. Here is the criteria that I used for this list:
I only included rules that are available as a free PDF file.
I didn’t include any “pay what you want” games unless they had a Suggested Price of $0.00.
I didn’t include games that were not in English.
I didn’t include single player games.
I didn’t include some just because I didn’t like them (or they are just too different than D&D).
I removed “The” from names that start with that word.These all owe their existence to Dungeons and Dragons.
Most of them copy the rules of D&D at least to some extent. Some try to match the older rules as closely as possible without violating copyright laws, and others deviate quite a lot.

Where I say something like “3.5 clone”, that is to indicate that the rules are based on some version of D&D (3.5 in this example). If it doesn’t say which version I guessed.
0.0 – Original Dungeons and Dragons (OD&D) a small box set of three booklets published in 1974
0.5 – Basic Dungeons & Dragons (BD&D) 1977
1.0 – Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) 1978
2.0 – Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition (AD&D2 or 2nd Ed) 1989
3.0 – Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition (D&D3 or 3E) 2000
3.5 – Dungeons & Dragons v.3.5 (Revised 3rd Edition or D&D3.5) 2003
4.0 – Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition (D&D4E) 2008
5.0 – Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition (D&D5E) 2014
OSR: “Old School Renaissance” or “Old School Revival” draws inspiration from D&D of the 1970s, I use this when the game refers to itself as OSR, or I can’t link it to a specific ruleset.

Dungeons and Dragons (5e Basic Rules): A 100 page, medium crunch, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
The official WOTC D&D page will be shutting down and migrating over to D&D beyond so I don’t know how long this will remain available. 

Age of Ambition (quickstart): A 65 page, medium crunch, OSR clone, poker cards, Black powder RPG.
Age of Shadow (v1.01):  A 79 page, medium crunch, 3.5 clone, d%, Sci-Fi RPG.
Alternity: A 37 page, heavy crunch, roll d20 and add or subtract a second die, Fantasy RPG
Aspect Prime: A 107 page, heavy crunch, d6 dice pool, Fantasy RPG.
Azamar:  A 193 page, heavy crunch, d6, Fantasy RPG.
Basic Fantasy (3^rd ed.):  A 170 page, super light crunch, 1.0 clone, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
Beta Red:  A 34 page, light crunch, d6 dice pool, Cyberpunk RPG.
Big Brown Book (1^st ed.): A 214 page, medium crunch, OSR clone, d6, Fantasy RPG.
Blood & Treasure:  A 382 page, medium crunch, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
BlueHolme Prentice:  A 64 page, heavy crunch, 0.5 clone, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
BOLT RPG (v0.9): A 112page, heavy crunch, 0.5 clone, d10+d4, Setting-Agnostic Fantasy RPG.
Bx Advanced (v1.04):  A 262 page, medium crunch, 1.0 clone, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
Cairn:  A 24 page, super low crunch, 1.0 clone, d20 roll-under, Fantasy RPG.
Carbon Grey (quickstart): A 80 page, medium crunch, d6 system, Historical Fantasy RPG.
Coriolis (quickstart):  A 74page, heavy crunch, d6 dice pool, Arabian-themed Sci-Fi RPG.
Crimson Dragon Slayer D20 (revised): A 15 page, super light crunch, OSR clone, d20 roll-over, Sci-Fi RPG.
Crown (v1.1): A 31 page, light crunch, OSR clone, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
D6 Fantasy (v1.3): A 146 page, heavy crunch, d6, Fantasy RPG.
d6 Pool (v2): A 49page, low crunch, d6, Modern RPG.
Dagger (revised ed. 2017): A 6 page, super light crunch, OSR clone, d6, Fantasy RPG.
Dark Dungeons: A 345 page, heavy crunch, 2.0 clone, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
Dark Eye (quickstart): A 24 page, medium crunch, OSR clone, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
Delving Deeper (v2): A 42 page, heavy crunch, 0.0 clone, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
Dragon Age (quickstart): A 35page, medium crunch, OSR clone, 3d6, Dark Fantasy RPG.
Dragonbane (quickstart):  A 46 page, medium crunch, OSR clone, d20 roll-under, Fantasy RPG.
Dungeon Crawl Classics: A 44 page, medium crunch, OSR clone, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
Dungeon Delvers: A 2 page, super light crunch, OSR clone, d6, Fantasy RPG.
Dungeon Raiders: A 10 page, super light crunch, 0.0 clone, d4/d6/or d8 (by class), Fantasy RPG.
Dungeons the Dragoning  40,000 (7^th ed.): A 394page, high crunch, d10, Heroic Future Fantasy RPG.
EABA Lite: A 15page, light crunch, d6, Fantasy RPG.
Eclipse Phase (2^nd ed. V1.3):  A 435 page, high crunch, d100, Sci-Fi Fantasy RPG.
Electric Bastionland (free ed.): A 42 page, low crunch, OSR clone, d20 roll-under, Low magic Fantasy RPG.
ELEMENTAL Discovery Guide (v1.2): A 59 page, low crunch, d6, Fantasy RPG.
Fantastic Heroes & Witchery (v2.0): A 425 page, medium crunch, 1.0 clone, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
For Gold & Glory (2nd ed.): A 384 page, heavy crunch, 2.0 clone, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
Forbidden Lands (quickstart): A 153 page, medium crunch, OSR clone, d6, Fantasy RPG.
Forge Engine (v1.1): A 143 page, heavy crunch, d10 dice pool, Universal RPG.
Four Color (4C) System: A 34page, low crunch, d%, Superhero RPG.
Freeform Roleplaying: A 22page, super low crunch, OSR clone, d6, Fantasy RPG.
GIST (v1.5): A 12 page, super low crunch, OSR clone, 2d6, Fantasy RPG.
GORE (v1.4 ): A 58 page, high crunch, 1.0 clone, d%, Fantasy RPG.
Grey Six (Build 28, 2013): A 161 page, medium crunch, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
HackMaster (basic): A 232 page, heavy crunch, OSR clone, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
Heroes of Adventure: A 64 page, medium crunch, OSR clone, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
House of Blue Men (quickstart for Sorcery and Super science): A 48 page, medium crunch, step dice, Sci-Fi RPG.
Index Card RPG (2^nd ed.): A 81page, super low crunch, OSR clone, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
Iron Falcon (1^st ed.): A 143 page, heavy crunch, 0.0 clone, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
Iron Kingdoms Unleashed (Rulebook): A 33 page, medium crunch, OSR clone, 2d6 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
JAGS (Just Another Gaming System – Revised): A 270 page, heavy crunch, 4d6, Any Genre RPG.
Jovian Despair: A 3 page, super low crunch, d6 reverse die pool, Sci-Fi RPG.
Kaer Tarduim (Introduction to Earthdawn): A 37page, medium crunch, OSR clone, step dice, Fantasy RPG.
Knights of the Black Lily (v0.9.0.1 Open Beta): A 48page, medium crunch, d100, Fantasy RPG.
Labyrinth Lord (revised ed.): A 140 page, medium crunch, OSR clone, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
Lamentations of the Flame Princess: A 176 page, medium crunch, OSR clone, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
Lancer: A 259page, high crunch, d20 roll-high, Sci-Fi RPG.
Lavender Hack (v 0.35): A 192 page, medium crunch, OSR clone, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
Lex Arcana (quickstart v2): A 50 page, medium crunch, dice pool, Rome Historical-Fantasy RPG.
Liminal (quickstart): A 51 page, low crunch, d6 roll-over, Urban-Fantasy RPG.
Low Fantasy Gaming RPG: A 184 page, light crunch, d20 roll-over, Low Fantasy RPG.
Majestic Fantasy: A 48 page, light crunch, 0.0 clone, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
Mazes & Minotaurs: A 51 page, medium crunch, 0.0 clone, d20 roll-over, Ancient Grecian Fantasy RPG.
Mistborn (v3): A 17 page, super light crunch, d6 dice pool, Fantasy RPG.
Modern-ORC: A 78 page, heavy crunch, d20 roll-over, Modern Fantasy RPG.
Myth & Magic (player’s starter guide):  A 149 page, heavy crunch, 2.0 clone, d6, Fantasy RPG.
Old School Hack: A 26 page, light crunch, 0.5 clone, d%, Medieval Fantasy RPG.
Old-School Essentials (basic rules): A 60 page, light crunch, 1.0 clone, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
Openquest (quickstart 6^th ed.): A 75 page, medium crunch, OSR clone, d100, Fantasy RPG.
OSRIC (2^nd ed.): A 412 page, heavy crunch, 1.0 clone, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
Peasants & Pitchforks (v1.0.0): A 64 page, light crunch, OSR clone, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
Pendragon (quick start): A 28 page, light crunch, OSR clone, d20 roll-under, Fantasy RPG.
Petal Hack (v1.1): A 68 page, super light crunch, d20 roll-under, Roman Empire Fantasy RPG.
Renaissance (v1.1): A 139 page, heavy crunch, d%, Age of Black Powder RPG.
Risus the Anything RPG: A 4 page, super low crunch, d6, Anything RPG.
SAGA: A 78 page, heavy crunch, dice pool, Generic Universal RPG.
Savage Worlds (test drive): A 14 page, light crunch, OSR clone, trait die, Wild West Fantasy RPG.
Searchers of the Unknown (2012 ed.): A 56 page, super light crunch, d20 roll-under, Fantasy RPG.
ShadowDark (quickstart): A 68 page, low crunch, 5.0 clone, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
Shinobi & Samurai (v1.0b): A 84 page, light crunch, 3.0 clone, d20 roll-over, Oriental Fantasy RPG.
Silver Wheels: A 23 page, low crunch, d10, Car Racing RPG.
Simple Game System (2^nd ed.): A 6 page, super low crunch, d6, Fantasy RPG.
Spellcraft & Swordplay Basic Game: A 50 page, medium crunch, 2d6 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
Star Squad (Untitled Sci-Fi Game v0.4): A 58 page, high crunch, d6 dice pool, Sci-Fi RPG.
Stars without Number: A 210 page, high crunch, OSR clone, d6 dice pool, Sci-Fi RPG.
Sufficiently Advanced: A 186 page, high crunch, d10, Far Future Sci-Fi RPG.
Swords & Six-Siders: A 60 page, super light crunch, OSR clone, d6, Fantasy RPG.
Swords & Wizardry Light: A 2 page, super light crunch, 1.0 clone, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
Symbaroum (quickstart): A 119 page, medium crunch, d20 roll-under, Medieval Fantasy RPG.
System DL (freeware ed.): A 14 page, low crunch, diceless, Fantasy RPG.
Talislanta (1e): A 90 page, light crunch, d20 roll-high, Fantasy RPG.
There Once Were Dragons (Starter ed.): A 214 page, medium crunch, OSR clone, d20 roll-over, Fantasy RPG.
Totem: A 38 page, super low crunch, colored tokens, Ice Age Hunters Fantasy RPG.
TriStat dX (v 1.0): A 106page, high crunch, step dice, Any Genre RPG.
Tunnels and Trolls (free rulebook): A 16 page, low crunch, OSR clone, d6, Fantasy RPG.
Turbo Dice: A 22page, low crunch, OSR clone, step dice, Fantasy RPG.
White Box: A 143 page, medium crunch, 0.0 clone, d20 roll-over, Medieval Fantasy RPG.
Worlds Without Number (Free ed.): A 352page, medium crunch, OSR clone, d20 roll-over, Future Earth RPG.
Zweihänder (v2.0): A 105 page, heavy crunch, OSR clone, d%, Fantasy Horror RPG.